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Charles,
A few thoughts on this post.
(1) bourgeois ideology doesn't appear to exist as a 'closed' system
in contemporary society, except perhaps among the political class and
some reactionary groups. the general public doesn't appear
ideological in the same sense; which is why answers to
jinigo _
It is quite true that natural science is not class struggle and is not
partisan. ...
But the class struggle does come into science, in social
science.
Albeit in his inverted idealist manner, Hegel was able to point out
that this is not the case: Physics with its molecules and
Cornforth :
2. Misunderstandings about science and ideology
At this point a comment may be made on certain misunderstandings which have
been introduced into this topic, especially by Louis Althusser.
These misunderstandings concern science and ideology. They come from
posing an antithesis
[Marxism] Partisanship and Objectivity in Theoretical Work
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Andrew wrote:
Historical materialism correctly understood and applied is a science not an
ideology.
This is a very tight rope you are walking on Andrew. And I guess the issue
deserves
The problem here is that ideology has a variety of competing meanings
within and without the marxist tradition. It's a long and complex
history. See my ideology study guide:
http://www.autodidactproject.org/guidideo.html
Raymond Guess, for example, divides the differing meanings of the term
I have only one quibble here:
The necessity to overthrow capitalism, establish the dictatorship of
theproletariat and advance through socialism to communism is a fact.
It is not really a fact, unless 'necessity' means not urgency, but an
objective historical law whose timetable can be tweaked
Yes, just one point of order. This is _Cornforth's_ use of ideology ,not
my use of ideology.
I'm more interested in his analysis of the relationship between objectivity
and partisanship. I'm not signing on to his use of ideology, and don't have
to in order to discuss objectivity and
It is quite true that natural science is not class struggle and is not
partisan. ...
But the class struggle does come into science, in social
science.
Albeit in his inverted idealist manner, Hegel was able to point out
that this is not the case: “Physics with its molecules and particles
